Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks since 1993
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Japan-Korea Talks Approved by Kishi
TOKYO, Aug. 11 (AP).- Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi said today he is willing to meet with President Syngman Rhee if it would settle the tangled Japan-South Korea dispute. However, Mr. Kishi told newsmen, such a meeting would depend on developments at the Republic of Korea- Japan diplomatic talks resuming tomorrow. There should also be some assurance in advance that a meeting with Mr. Rhee would produce success, Mr. Kishi added. Mr. Rhee, one-time leader of Korean resistance against Japanese rule, has never met a postwar Premier of Japan.
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April Revolution
The April Revolution (Korean: 4.19 혁명), also called the April 19 Revolution or April 19 Movement, were mass protests in South Korea against President Syngman Rhee and the First Republic from April 11 to 26, 1960, which led to Rhee's resignation. The protests were triggered by the discovery of the body of a local high school student killed by police during demonstrations against rigged elections in March.
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The 1960 Anpo protests had ultimately failed to stop the revised US-Japan Security Treaty from taking effect, but they did force the resignation of the Kishi Cabinet and the cancellation of Eisenhower's planned visit. Kishi was succeeded as prime minister by Hayato Ikeda, who took a much more conciliatory stance toward the political opposition, indefinitely shelved Kishi's plans to revise the Japanese Constitution, and announced the Income Doubling Plan to redirect the nation's energies away from contentious political struggles and toward a nationwide drive for rapid economic growth.
Wikipedia →May 16 coup
The May 16 military coup d'état (Korean: 5·16 군사정변) was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park Chung Hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee. The coup rendered powerless the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Chang Myon and President Yun Posun, and ended the Second Republic, installing a reformist military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction.
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